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Besides being a painter, sculptor, architect and engineer, Leonardo da Vinci was a world-class entertainer, cook, and musician. In his amazing life, he drew the first known plans for an aircraft, including a helicopter, and made the first accurate human anatomical drawings. He was a genius who changed the world because he refused to put limits on himself. Leonardo referred to himself as a “man without fetters.”

Michael Gelb in his best seller, “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day,” writes about the way Leonardo lived his life. For one thing, he was insatiable curious and asked questions about everything. Like Leonardo, Gelb says we are all born curious, and as children, we asked endless questions. However, as adults we typically adapt to accepting things rather than questioning them.

Not only was Leonardo curious, he constantly experimented and recorded all his observations, ideas and queries in notebooks that he kept with him at all times. Over his life, he wrote more than 14,000 pages filled with creative ideas and possibilities.

Gelb’s premise is that each of us has within ourselves a creative genius that remains untapped because we define ourselves narrowly based on one or two skills we have developed. What if you have unlimited natural gifts you haven’t discovered?

What if Gelb is right and you can tap into a creative genius within yourself?

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